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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2008
Takatoshi Tanabe, Ichinomiya, JP;
Takatoshi Tanabe, Ichinomiya, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A collision detecting system includes a bumper reinforcement member, a crush box disposed between the bumper reinforcement member and a fixing member of the vehicle, a strain inducing member fixed to the crush box so as to distort in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle as the crush box is compressed between the reinforcement member and the fixing member and a strain measuring element fixed to the strain inducing member. The strain inducing member has a strain measuring portion having such a shape that stress of the strain inducing member concentrates into the strain measuring portion. The strain measuring element is fixed to the strain measuring portion to measure a component of the strain of the strain measuring portion in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The strain measuring portion has an asymmetrical cross-section in a vertical direction of the vehicle.